Sample C99 Code
Using C code, the Lehmer generator using the "popular pair" of parameters mentioned above can be written as follows:
uint32_t lcg_rand(uint32_t a) { return ((uint64_t)a * 279470273UL) % 4294967291UL; }As the product of two 32 bit integers may overflow, the cast to uint64_t is necessary.
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